Minimum Viable Skill Level: How To Optimize Your Professional Development - Part 1

Part 1 of our guidance on the concept of Minimum Viable Skill Level and how to apply it to your career.

How do you choose what skills to work on when you're not given any guidance? Human beings have a vast number of skills. You could, and hopefully will, spend your entire life working on improving your skills in all kinds of areas. At home, whether you jump from painting to embroidery and only become average in both doesn't really matter. When it comes to your career though, it pays to focus. The concept of Minimum Viable Skill Level gives you a way to select which skills to focus on, and importantly, when to stop trying to improve in that area.